Essay Contest
Ann Dominique Morin has earned a bursary of $500 for her essay “Hosting the Olympic Games – A Privilege Accompanied by Obligations”, which illustrates her commitment to human rights. Ann Dominique Morin is working towards her Master’s in International Law at the Université de Montréal.
Two essays received honourable mention from the jury. “The Olympics and Human Rights” written by Bethany Deshpande, a student at York University’s Glendon College, was a favourite of the jury’s. “The Moral Pole Vault” by Srinivas Murthy of Boston, Massachusetts, was honoured for its editorial style.
Ann Dominique Morin has earned a bursary of $500 for her essay “Hosting the Olympic Games – A Privilege Accompanied by Obligations”, which illustrates her commitment to human rights. Ann Dominique Morin is working towards her Master’s in International Law at the Université de Montréal.
Two essays received honourable mention from the jury. “The Olympics and Human Rights” written by Bethany Deshpande, a student at York University’s Glendon College, was a favourite of the jury’s. “The Moral Pole Vault” by Srinivas Murthy of Boston, Massachusetts, was honoured for its editorial style.
作者 Srinivas Murthy值得一提
任何跨国的媒体聚会,不论目的,都将不可避免地转移到政治评论,最近的奥运报道关于中国的人权记录的基调接近强硬外交政策的比例。虽然知道中国要走过一段很长的路程才可以被视为一个与其他主要大国一样的现代化人权国家,但还是失望地看到西方民主大国假装正经地为他们的纪录表示震惊。目前西方列强的全球地位已几乎完全建立在支持国内和国际的侵犯人权行为的基础上,而中国仅仅是追随他们所开辟的道路而已。相似之处既是惊人的,又是影响深远的。制止获取信息回应了20世纪初英国政府封杀媒体以确保民众支持其殖民政策,特别是在印度。
不经公平审判即关押无辜在整个20世纪西方世界已经有几十个例子,从共产主义政治迫害到目前的关塔那摩湾的灾害。中国与刚果民主共和国的新殖民主义的协议,与比利时在同一地区的开采相比是人道的。中国从处理种族灭绝的苏丹领导人中获得资源收益有其先例,冷战时代的美国支持任何愿意站出来反对社会主义的影响和以低廉的价格销售其商品的暴君。当今的时代使这些轻率的言行更明显的在全球舞台上显现出来,争论并不否定过去弊端的存在和重要性。一个转型中的帝国对整个地球来说是一个危险的野兽,有史以来一直这样。没有办法说中国目前的行为应该得到宽恕,但是没有将它放在对其进行指控的国家事先违例的背景内,我们就只是重复历史,而没有从历史中学到新知。跨越到一个更高的道德飞机上而不承认过去,除了助长在现代演讲中盛行的自以为是以外,没有任何意义。

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